Missions
Canadian Arrow Announces Test Launch Plans
X Prize candidate Canadian Arrow announced this week that they will begin unmanned flight tests of its rocket this summer.…
Stardust Surprised Scientists
Image credit: NASA/JPL When NASA's Stardust spacecraft swept past Comet Wild-2, it captured material from the comet's tail and revealed…
SMART-1 Gets Out of the Radiation Belts
Image credit: ESA The European Space Agency's SMART-1 spacecraft has completed its 176th orbit around the Earth, finally reaching the…
One Day to Go for Beagle 2
This time of year, I usually wind things down at Universe Today since the various news sources are all on…
Beagle 2 Separates from Mars Express
Image credit: ESA The European Space Agency's Mars Express spacecraft successfully released the British-built Beagle 2 lander this morning, completing…
SMART-1 at Full Speed
Image credit: ESA The European Space Agency's SMART-1 spacecraft is continuing to function well on its long roundabout mission to…
Pluto Mission Will Study Jupiter Too
Image credit: SWRI Although the main goal of the NASA's New Horizons mission will be to send a spacecraft to…
NASA Tests a New Ion Engine
Image credit: NASA NASA has tested a new high-power ion engine which could give future spacecraft significantly more thrust to…
Gravity Probe B Launch Delayed
Image credit: NASA NASA has decided to push back the launch of its mission to test Einstein's theory of general…
ESA Cancels Eddington
Image credit: ESA The European Space Agency announced this week that it has canceled Eddington, a space-based observatory designed to…